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" To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess. "
The Dramatic Works: Of Shakespeare, in Six Volumes; with Notes by Joseph ... - Page 327
by William Shakespeare - 1789
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Complete Works: With Dr. Johnson's Preface, a Glossary, and an Account of ...

William Shakespeare - 1838 - 1130 pages
...troubled not the land, With any long'd-for change, or better state. Sat. Therefore, to be possess'il virtue none, smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye...
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The Wisdom and Genius of Shakespeare: Comprising Moral Philosophy ...

William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 478 pages
...as frenzy thoughts. 26— v. 1 165 Superfluous excess. To be possess'd with double pomp, To guardf a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold,...paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue * The style of gods, meant, an exalted language ; such as v., tn...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1839 - 536 pages
...look'd upon, I hope, with cheerful eyes. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard 8 a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold,...paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, Vo smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye...
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Commentaries on the Historical Plays of Shakspeare, Volume 1

Thomas Peregrine Courtenay - Historical drama, English - 1840 - 342 pages
...sometimes, perhaps, not more appropriately than when applied to the coronation :— " To be possess'd with double pomp, To guard a title that was rich before,...paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye...
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Journal of the Franklin Institute

Meteorology - 1841 - 912 pages
...the orders, or to add to their number, would be nothing short of an attempt to improve perfection. "To guard a title that was rich before, To gild refined...paint the lily. To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper light To seek the beauteous eye...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry ...

William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1842 - 594 pages
...troubled not the land, With any long'd-for change, or better state. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard a title that was rich before...paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye...
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The plays and poems of Shakespeare, according to the improved text ..., Volume 6

William Shakespeare - 1842 - 396 pages
...any long'd-for change, or better state. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard 1 a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold,...paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smoothe the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: King John ; King Richard II ; King Henry ...

William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1842 - 594 pages
...state. Sal. Therefore, to be poasess'd with double pomp, To guard a title that was rich before 8, To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye...
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The works of William Shakespeare, the text formed from an entirely ..., Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1842 - 594 pages
...state. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard a title that was rich before 8, To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare: Printed from the Text ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 508 pages
...troubled not the land , With any long'd-for change , or better state. Sal. Therefore , to be possess'd with double pomp , To guard a title that was rich...paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice , or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye...
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